A whole bunch of downed government surveillance programs are about to go back online

Hacking Team is close to fixing its surveillance tools.Vincent / Flickr, CCGovernment surveillance software maker Hacking Team has promised customers it will have its cybersecurity services back online and safe to use shortly.

"We at Hacking Team are now dedicated to restoring the ability of law enforcement to fight crime hidden in the new encrypted digital world," he said.

"Our top priority here has been to develop an update to allow our clients to quickly secure their current surveillance infrastructure. We expect to deliver this update immediately."

He added the firm has taken undisclosed measures to secure its systems to ensure hackers cannot steal more data.

"We have already isolated our internal systems so that additional data cannot be exfiltrated outside of Hacking Team. A totally new internal infrastructure is being build [sic] at this moment to keep our data safe," he said.

The two main concerns over the leak: Hackers already using the software exploits, and Hacking Team's customer base

Vincenzetti also moved to quell concerns about hackers' use of Hacking Team software exploits and the less than pristine customer list leaked during the initial attack.

Specifically, the leaks led to concerns Hacking Team is selling its surveillance products to countries including Sudan, Ethiopia, and Russia, which international organisations, such as the United Nations, NATO, European Parliament, and the US have blacklisted.

Addressing the first concern Vincenzetti said Hacking Team has worked to stop criminal and terrorist groups using its products and it is now "extremely unlikely that this obsolete code can be used to surveil cell phones, mobile devices or computer communications."

On the second concern, Vincenzetti claimed Hacking Team's dealings with the suspect nations happened before they were blacklisted by the international community.

"Our technology has always been sold lawfully and when circumstances have changed, we have ended relationships with clients such as Sudan, Ethiopia and Russia," he said.

Despite the company's claims to have fixed its systems, Hacking Team's website is still suffering undisclosed issues since the hack.

A Hacking Team spokesman told Business Insider the issues are affecting its ability to publish content onto its site, but "are not attack related."